Efficient Material Analysis

Working in material analysis typically requires a multi-discipline approach involving a number of analytical techniques. Fully mastering all of these techniques is rare for a single individual, so often a team approach is used. This presents its own set of problems, from getting access to someone else's data to having the software to view all types of data.

A common interface is used to access the processing tools available to each technique—this means you only need to learn a single piece of software to be able to apply processing or re-processing steps to a piece of data or to quickly collect data for your report. There is no need to learn one software package to view and plot an IR spectrum; then another to view or process the DSC data; and yet another to process and report the MS data.

ACD/Labs' ability to work with many techniques, including hyphenated techniques, along with the ability to integrate structures with analytical data provides a means to capture all of the relevant information about a project in one place. Real "live" data (not just pictures—although pictures can also be saved) can now be shared with individuals in the lab on the next floor, or with your collaborators in another country. In addition to the raw or processed analytical data and meta data, ACD/Labs also provides tools to assist you with interpretation of your data. The interpretations you make (spectra-structure correlations) can be saved with the spectrum and made available to others, thus insuring the knowledge you gain is available throughout your organization.

Not only can data from the project you are working on today be accessed, but the problem that was solved last year is also accessible. This means you no longer have to re-work a problem that has already been solved just because no one knows it was solved before; or because it is simply too difficult to track down the original data. ACD/Labs knowledgebase is searchable by an array of spectral, chromatographic, or chemical parameters as well as metadata, and can be integrated with an organization's LIMS or ELN system.

ACD/Labs has the knowledge and experience to help you get started, whether it is using our professional services staff to help you set up a worldwide system with automated analysis, reporting, and web access, or finding ways to get your legacy data into a system that can be shared throughout your organization.

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